Bet on the NBAThe pro basketball team with the greatest profile at the online sports book is the Lakers. The Lakers additionally are the most trendy team in the NBA and their newest TV deal reflects that fact.
The Lakers and Time Warner Cable signed a 20-year deal worth a revealed $3 billion dollars. The LA Lakers might be useful and trendy at the sportsbook but $3 billion?

The Los Angeles Lakers deal with Time Warner Cable is worth a reported $150 million per year. Time Warner Cable is going to generate regional sports networks to carry the Los Angeles Lakers games. There will be one in English and one in Spanish. The networks will have the rights to preseason, regular year and post season games beginning with the 2012-2013 NBA season.

Playoff games on ABC, ESPN and TNT are not affected. The LA Lakers will move from their current home on Fox Sports West and KCAL. If the Lakers get the reported $150 million then the contract will be worth 5 times what Fox Sports West was paying. The LA Lakers will be the dominating squad on the networks but not the merely entity.

It's not entirely unlikely for other local teams to end up on the networks. This means that if you live in California and you want to see the Los Angeles Lakers that you will either have to have Time Warner Cable or you will need a system that carries their channels. That shouldn't be too major an issue since companies like DirecTV and Dish Network will probably pick up the channels.

The Los Angeles Lakers are so trendy that their benefit against pro basketball odds at the online sportsbook is nearly nonexistent. The Lakers are preferred in practically every game and considering they're overvalued they've got a losing record against the NBA prospects at the internet sports book this season. In reality, the Los Angeles Lakers are among the most overvalued teams in all of sports gambling despite the fact that they are the two-time reigning NBA champions.

You are able to already see the handwriting on the wall for the Lakers to go to Time Warner Cable. Their current TV deal expires in 2013. The LA Lakers would benefit financially from a move to Time Warner Cable and the networks would be already established by the time the 2013 year rolled around.